278 BACTERIOLOGY 



198. B. Ellenbachensis alpha Stutzer-Hartleb 



Centralblatt f.^Bakteriol., ate Abt., IV, 1898, 31. 



Morphologically like B. mycoides and B. megatherium. In long filaments. 

 Spore formation and germination like B. megatherium. Spores oval. 



Glucose gelatin colonies. Round, with a thick central nucleus and a turbid 

 border; becoming sunken in the liquefied gelatin; border filamentous; 

 odor cheesy. 



Agar colonies. In 24 hours at 20 , round, glistening, grayish white. Micro- 

 scopically, dark gray and granular in the interior ; border filamentous 

 floccose. 



Potato. Growth yellowish gray, soft, flat ; border indented. 



Milk. Weakly acid. 



Asparagin agar. Growth soft, with mycelial-like threads from the edge. 



Habitat. Isolated from alinite. 



199. B. subtilis-similis Sternberg 



Manual, 1892, 679. 



Morphology. Bacilli 1 .0 : 2-4 /i filaments. Facultative anaerobic. Gela- 

 tin liquefied more slowly than B. subtilis ; a membrane on the surface of 

 the liquefied gelatin. 



Gelatin colonies. Like B. subtilis. 



Agar slant. Growth creamy white. 



Potato. Growth dry, yellowish. 



Agar stab. Growth arborescent. 



Habitat. Isolated from liver of yellow fever cadaver. 



200. B. cereus 



B. lactn No. 5 Fliigge : Zeitsch. f. Hygiene, 1894, 294, 



Morphology. Bacilli long, slender. 



Gelatin colonies. With outgrowths. 



Agar slant. Growth translucent, smooth. 



Potato. Growth bright yellow, dry, becoming faintly crumpled. 



Bouillon. Clear, with a membrane. 



Milk. Peptonized. 



Habitat. Milk. 



